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We Got the Beat by Jenna MillerSuperficial by Diane BillasCanto Contigo by Jonny Garza VillaMy Fair Brady by Brian D. KennedySkater Boy by Anthony Nerada
2024 Queer YA Books
120 books — 46 voters
And They Were Roommates by Page PowarsLove at Second Sight by F.T. LukensThe Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. AncrumVesuvius by Cass BiehnThe Rebel's Guide to Pride by Matthew Hubbard
2025 Queer Boy YA
75 books — 40 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHow I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill by James PattersonThe Worst Years of My Life by James PattersonI Even Funnier by James PattersonWonder by R.J. Palacio
Best Books for Middle School Boys
132 books — 23 voters
Coraline by Neil GaimanStage Fright by Wendy ParrisThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Haunting of Room 909 by Michael JamesMore Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Bone-Chilling Tales for Middle Grades
74 books — 23 voters

NeuroTribes by Steve SilbermanIn a Different Key by John DonvanMismatch by Kat HolmesNeuroDiversity by Judy SingerMoojag and the Lost Memories by N.E. McMorran
Neurodiversity and Disability in Society - 50 Introductory Books
62 books — 20 voters
The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang by Stan YanGhost by Jason ReynoldsThe Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet FoxWonder by R.J. PalacioMy Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian
Best Books for Tweens
51 books — 19 voters

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver SacksThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettOur Time To Dance, A Mother's Journey To Joy by Eva Doherty GremmertBecoming Human by Jean VanierA Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen
Ability and Disability Introduction - Monthly List #1
28 books — 12 voters
The Lightning Queen by Laura ResauThe Diddakoi by Rumer GoddenSon of Black Beauty by Phyllis BriggsThe Barefoot Queen by Ildefonso FalconesGypsy Movements by Jud Nirenberg
Gypsy/Romany Reads
29 books — 8 voters

El Deafo by Cece BellSoul Surfer by Bethany HamiltonEnchanted Air by Margarita EngleThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaFatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Memoir and Autobiographies for Middle Grades
19 books — 8 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Unknown by J.W. LynneThe Giver by Lois LowryCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsLord of the Flies by William Golding
Middle School Dystopian Fiction
18 books — 6 voters

El Teatro de los Monstruos by Viviana CorderoDevolver al Remitente by Julia AlvarezBrújula Moral by Bryant JohnsonEsperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising) (Scholastic Gold) by Pam Muñoz RyanDialogue Prompt; No Estamos Solos En El Universo by Bryant Johnson
Young Adult Fiction in Spanish
12 books — 6 voters
Wonder by R.J. PalacioIn a Glass Grimmly by Adam GidwitzA Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkJefferson's Sons by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyShadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
VSBA Fiction Nominees (Middle Grades) 2012-2013 through 2017-2018
93 books — 4 voters

The Web Paige Chronicles by Emilio IasielloWhere Am I From? by Elisavet ArkolakiConker as Hard as a Diamond by Chris PowlingThank Fall by Ciara L. HillPolly Diamond and the Magic Book by Alice Kuipers
Unique finds to read with kids in autumn
11 books — 4 voters
Wink by Rob HarrellThe Moonstone Girls by Brooke SkipstoneMallee Boys by Charlie ArchboldAcross the Desert by Dusti BowlingThe Neddiad by Daniel Pinkwater
Middle Grades/YA Books with Orange Covers
76 books — 4 voters

One Word, Six Letters by Adib KhorramEspíritu by Aiden ThomasIf All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. PrinceI Don't Wish You Well by Jumata EmillThoughts Be Bloody by Auden Patrick
2026 Queer Boy YA
34 books — 4 voters
A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly GiffRed Madness by Gail JarrowFatal Fever by Gail JarrowPatient Zero by Marilee PetersTerrible Typhoid Mary by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Medical Mystery for Children
15 books — 3 voters

The Ultimate Game by Sean AustinGo Fox by Helen DunmoreA Villain's Night Out by Margaret MahyJosh Baxter Levels Up by Gavin BrownGamer by Alan Durant
Video Game Fiction for Middle Grades
8 books — 3 voters
Race to the Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseSorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiThe Last Fallen Star by Graci KimThe Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
Mrs. Croteau's Middle School Rec list
37 books — 3 voters

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae MarksGoldie Vance Vol. 1 by Hope LarsonThe Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set by Tony DiTerlizziThe Hidden Staircase by Carolyn KeeneHardy Boys Complete Series Set Books 1-66 by Franklin W. Dixon
Middle school mysteries
16 books — 3 voters
Camp QUILTBAG by Nicole MellebyDifferent Kinds of Fruit by Kyle LukoffCandidly Cline by Kathryn OrmsbeeThis Is Our Rainbow by Katherine LockeSnapdragon by Kat Leyh
Middle Grades LGBTQ+ Books
38 books — 3 voters

Crystal Brave by B.K. BradshawWindlord by Michael ScottCrystal Brave by B.K. BradshawThe Island Stallion by Walter FarleyEgypt by Patti Wheeler
Archaeology Fiction for Kids
5 books — 2 voters
The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab NyeTurning on a Dime by Maggie DanaThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisBenny and Omar by Eoin ColferProject Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Culturally Relevant Middle Grades Fiction
15 books — 2 voters

Chirp by Kate MessnerMinnow on the Say by Philippa PearceAll Summer Long by Hope LarsonThe Season of Styx Malone by Kekla MagoonBayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Middle Grades Books Set in the Summer
8 books — 2 voters
Flush by Carl HiaasenOut of Air by Rachel ReissDead in the Water by Robin StevensonDeep Water by Watt KeyNervous Water and Other Florida Stories by Will LaBossier
Middles Grades/YA Books With a Water Theme
25 books — 2 voters

A Nancy Drew Christmas by Carolyn KeeneThe True Gift by Patricia MacLachlanWhispering to Witches by Anna DaleWinterfrost by Michelle HoutsThe Angel Tree by Daphne Benedis-Grab
Middle Grades Xmas/Winter Chapter Books 2022
17 books — 2 voters
Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee LucidoThe Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnultyThe Friendship Code by Stacia DeutschInga's Amazing Ideas by Ann RubinoThe Secret Raft by Hazel Krantz
STEM & STEAM Novels for the Middle Grades
102 books — 2 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick RiordanThe Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
English 8 Unit 2 Choice Book
33 books — 1 voter
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena FavilliDr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest by Rebel GirlsJunko Tabei Masters the Mountains by Rebel GirlsAda Lovelace Cracks the Code by Rebel Girls
Rebel Girls Series
19 books — 1 voter

A Test of Courage by Justina IrelandRace to Crashpoint Tower by Daniel José OlderStar Wars by Ken LiuThe Steal by Cavan ScottThe Dark by Tom Huddleston
Star Wars Canon Books for Middle Grades Readers
13 books — 1 voter
A Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin GierA Winter's Promise by Christelle DabosThe Storm of Echoes by Christelle DabosThe Memory of Babel by Christelle DabosThe ​Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos
Pre-Teen/Tween Reads
44 books — 1 voter

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